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Burmese
post Feb 7 2006, 08:00 PM
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A run, a short followup bump, set the wheels, and they are clearly in position to do IDD work (assuming the wheels are stable now). Talk about precision driving!

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post Feb 7 2006, 08:03 PM
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I just regained my power of speech and I'm again speechless. The view is great, and that was some fancy driving.

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post Feb 7 2006, 08:05 PM
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QUOTE (Burmese @ Feb 7 2006, 08:00 PM)

Is it me or does it look nice and smooth up top? thought it would be "bumpier"..easy riding when they get up top to scoot around to other outcrops on HP once they leave the "wall"..which probably won't be for a while..
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post Feb 7 2006, 08:07 PM
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This is the view looking 45 degrees down directly in front of Spirit:



So as near as I can tell, we must be parked at about a 45 degree angle. Really amazing driving. Edit: Okay, maybe more like 30 or 35.

Unbelievable.

Edit: Also near as I can tell, we are facing approximately southeast So the solar panels are pointed roughly northwest.
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post Feb 7 2006, 08:11 PM
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...best parking job I've seen since Elwood swung the Bluesmobile into that spot outside of Chez Paul.

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post Feb 7 2006, 08:13 PM
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The last pictures show so many layers in the Plate - that wasn't an impact event, was it.
If it was not a single event that caused the layers then I would think Home Plate is the rest of a filled crater as "the other" Doug has mentioned earlier - or maybe a filled little extinct volcano. That scenario would open a very big book of ancient time - like a tree trunk.


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post Feb 7 2006, 08:20 PM
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Really sweet!
It seems drivers are very, very aggressive: almost 30deg inclination from sideview!
They are climbing to the top, apparently (you can see the plateau now)...
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post Feb 7 2006, 08:25 PM
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Here's a wide view and a "top" view.
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post Feb 7 2006, 08:35 PM
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QUOTE (dilo @ Feb 7 2006, 10:20 AM)
Really sweet!
It seems drivers are very, very aggressive: almost 30deg inclination from sideview!
They are climbing to the top, apparently (you can see the plateau now)...
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huh.gif Is that possible here, Dilo? What angle of slope is this face?


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post Feb 7 2006, 08:39 PM
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Here is the view of Homeplate on Sol 744.

Taken with the R0 navcam.

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post Feb 7 2006, 08:40 PM
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and here Spirit looking back on Sol 745.

Taken with the L0 navcam.

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post Feb 7 2006, 08:41 PM
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Good grief - imagine what the Pancams will look like.

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post Feb 7 2006, 08:46 PM
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QUOTE (mhoward @ Feb 7 2006, 10:41 PM)
Good grief - imagine what the Pancams will look like.
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latest L7-pancam (synthetic colors)



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post Feb 7 2006, 08:54 PM
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QUOTE (Shaka @ Feb 7 2006, 08:35 PM)
huh.gif  Is that possible here, Dilo?  What angle of slope is this face?
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Look at this if you don't believe me!
And this is the straightened side view:
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post Feb 7 2006, 08:54 PM
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Nice, Nirgal! Fast work, too; I'm pretty sure those frame just came down within the last couple hours.

Boy, AutoStitch gets the jaggies with those heavily tilted frames as bad as MMB does. Funny.
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